when we wake up, the sun is coming in via the windows of the front facing double room. it’s rather cold and we quickly pack our stuff, have breakfast (finlay turns out to be a young man with, it seems, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2006
elie…st monans…pittenweem…anstruther…crail
after a fantastic night at the no 1 bed & breakfast in elie, we take a last shower in the en-suite’s power shower (the first one that really deserves that name, in most of the other b&bs where we’ve encountered … Continue reading
climbing the highest mountain on the fife coast
having peeled ourselves out of our twin bed room at lorne house (good advice: if you ever book a room at lorne house, even if you are tempted to go twin, book the double…or bring a good shoehorn to get … Continue reading
endless streets, a closed museum, redwood trees, an adventure at night
after a very good night’s sleep (even though we are facing the A955, it’s surprisingly quiet at night) we repack our bags, have a very nice breakfast and, at 9:30 are off again — not before learning that the luggage … Continue reading
glorious morning, a beach walk, dreary kirkcaldy, & handcuffs…
after a rainy night we wake up to a sunny morning. we pack our bags again (getting routine in it now), then go downstairs for breakfast: the full scottish breakfast turns out to be rather run-of-the-mill b&b breakfast: cereals are … Continue reading
our first day on the fife coastal path
after a very nice night at 9 east bay and a very nice breakfast (only the BBC breakfast television running on the elephant-sized TV screen in the dance-hall-sized living room is a bit of a distraction), we get our contours … Continue reading
from richmond to north queensferry…or: engineering works sunday
getting from richmond to north queensferry was a bit of an adventure railway-wise. in theory it was quite simple: catch the train from richmond to waterloo, get on an underground to kings cross, catch the GNER train to edinburgh and … Continue reading
richmond
the eurostar was on time, we caught a fast train to richmond & made our way to chalon house, where we arrived on the dot at 8:15pm, as predicted 8=) unfortunately the room to the rear that we had booked … Continue reading
made it to the eurostar!
although the thalys from cologne to brussels was delayed for 8min in aachen, we made up for the delay on the liege–brussels link and arrive on time! it’s chop-chop for us then to make it through the eurostar ticket control, … Continue reading
the adventure starts
as the 09:02 connection from erlangen to london (which we took last time) is not available on saturdays — and the 7:45 was already booked out — we enjoy the luxury of not having to get up early: we are … Continue reading
what you always wanted to know about…bras…
today's my first day of vacation! yeah! we are going via erlangen to london and then on to north queensferry — then it's the fife coastal path! so, it's the "usual" friday morning train ride to erlangen — with a … Continue reading
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training…
5:45 — the bloody alarmclock rudely wakes us up in the middle of the night: we want to catch the 7:05 train from adliswil to zurich, then, the S2 to schübelbach–buttikon, to join forces with mr r for a walk … Continue reading
